"gold farm" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gold farms [present, singular, third-person], gold farming [participle, present], gold farmed [participle, past], gold farmed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from gold farming. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|gold farming}} Back-formation from gold farming Head templates: {{en-verb}} gold farm (third-person singular simple present gold farms, present participle gold farming, simple past and past participle gold farmed)
  1. (rare, online gaming) To participate in gold farming; to farm/grind for in-game currency (gold in many games) and items in massively multiplayer online games for for-profit resale outside of the game. Tags: Internet, rare Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-gold_farm-en-verb-Rhv8dv7i Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: games, gaming

Inflected forms

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